India, Feb. 18 -- Parts of Delhi recorded light rainfall on Wednesday morning leading to a minor drop in temperature with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a yellow alert. The air quality index in the national Capital remained in the 'poor category'. Delhi's average AQI was 225 (poor) at 9am on Wednesday. It was 249 (poor) on Tuesday at 4pm.

The IMD has forecast patchy light rain with gusty winds possibly touching 4 km/hr as a western disturbance (WD) impacts the region.

The light rainfall is likely to lead to a dip in maximum temperature, which has remained over 30degC for the past two days. Delhi's maximum was 30.9degC on Tuesday -- seven degrees above what is normal for this time of the year. It was 31.6degC on Monday...